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ners call in lawyers<br />
tion eve.<br />
“Our land is private land,” Mr<br />
Moran said. “The biggest misnomer<br />
in this is people feeling<br />
that somehow they have a right<br />
to speak about private freehold<br />
SCRAPPED: The Lizard<br />
Rock development<br />
proposal has no<br />
supporters other than<br />
the landowners.<br />
land,” Moran said. “We do feel<br />
it’s about racism and paternalism,<br />
that people believe they<br />
know what’s best for us.”<br />
Labor spokesperson Paul<br />
Scully said Labor sided with<br />
the coalition on the issue; Mr<br />
Scully added that if Labor were<br />
elected he would work with the<br />
LMALC and Northern Beaches<br />
Council to find a use for the<br />
site – but that wouldn’t include<br />
the housing plan.<br />
Before exiting his Council<br />
CEO role, Ray Brownlee told<br />
<strong>Pittwater</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: “Council has long<br />
opposed the planning proposal<br />
to develop land at ‘Lizard Rock’<br />
along Morgan Road in Belrose<br />
for its destruction of natural<br />
bushland among a range of<br />
other concerns.<br />
“The planning proposal by<br />
the MLALC does not demonstrate<br />
strategic or site-specific<br />
merit and [we agree it] should<br />
be rejected.<br />
“Council supports the intent<br />
of the Aboriginal Land Rights<br />
Act and appreciates the importance<br />
of enabling Aboriginal<br />
people to achieve economic<br />
self-determination through<br />
developing land, but we have<br />
to consider proposals on their<br />
merits.<br />
“This proposal would see the<br />
destruction of around 45 football<br />
size fields of bushland to<br />
build 400 plus homes surplus<br />
to any housing targets.<br />
“Council recently declined<br />
the government’s offer to<br />
become the Planning Proposal<br />
Authority on Lizard Rock as<br />
the role was unlikely to give<br />
Council any meaningful powers<br />
to review the proposal or<br />
prevent it from going ahead<br />
for Gateway determination.”<br />
Northern Beaches Envirolink<br />
Inc President Dr Conny<br />
Harris, a local GP and nearby<br />
resident on Morgan Road at<br />
Belrose, added: “Developing<br />
this land sets a dangerous<br />
precedent that will not stop at<br />
71 hectares, but open up more<br />
than 220 hectares of land to<br />
development on the Northern<br />
Beaches, and more across the<br />
state.”<br />
– Nigel Wall<br />
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